Economy Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/category/commentary/economy/ The Voice of the Black Community in California Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:35:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blackvoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-BVN_logo_square-32x32.png Economy Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/category/commentary/economy/ 32 32 182193136 2021 California Economic Summit Highlights Resilience Funding for Local Communities https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/11/20/2021-california-economic-summit-highlights-resilience-funding-for-local-communities/ Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:35:48 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=231265

Breanna Reeves | The tenth annual 2021 California Economic Summit, provided an opportunity for Samuel Assefa, Director of  the California Office of Planning and Research, to announce that public comment […]

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]]> 231265 Op-Ed: Reopen California and Unlock Financial Aid https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/06/11/op-ed-reopen-california-and-unlock-financial-aid/ Sat, 12 Jun 2021 01:29:19 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=229606

Joseph Williams and Mary Figueroa | BVN Guest Commentary As California reopens on June 15, we must also unlock a financial aid system that prevents people in the Inland Empire and […]

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]]> 229606 Wells Fargo Announces Investments in Two Additional Black Owned Banks https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/05/29/wells-fargo-announces-investments-in-two-additional-black-owned-banks/ Sat, 29 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=229478 Wells Fargo Banking Map (Source: Wells Fargo & Company)

S. E. Williams | Black Voice News Wells Fargo & Company has finalized investments in two African American Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs)–the Harbor Bank of Maryland and Industrial Bank of […]

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]]> 229478 Black Economic Development Fund hits $250M Goal, Makes First Catalytic Investments https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/05/28/black-economic-development-fund-hits-250m-goal-makes-first-catalytic-investments/ Sat, 29 May 2021 02:25:27 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=229449

S. E. Williams | Black Voice News The Black Economic Development Fund (BEDF), managed by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a nonprofit community development financial institution, has reached its […]

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]]> 229449 Inland Empire Employment Numbers Improve, but for Blacks Employment Gains Stalled https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/05/22/inland-empire-employment-numbers-improve-but-for-blacks-employment-gains-stalled/ Sat, 22 May 2021 22:54:39 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=229390 Recruitment Hiring Career job Employment (source: rawpixel.com)

S. E. Williams | BVN Executive Editor A report released by the California Employment Development Department in late April depicting a 12-month moving unemployment average showed the unemployment rate among […]

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]]> 229390 Governor Newsom Proposes $12B to House State’s Homeless https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/05/15/governor-newsom-proposes-12b-to-house-states-homeless/ Sat, 15 May 2021 16:46:04 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=229326

Julie Watson and Janie Har | Associated Press Buoyed by a large budget surplus and swimming in federal pandemic recovery money, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion […]

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]]> 229326 Pandemic exposes corporations’ true aims: Gig-ifying more jobs https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/03/13/pandemic-exposes-corporations-true-aims-gig-ifying-more-jobs/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:13:10 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=228680

By Andrea Zinder | Special to CalMatters Andrea Zinder is the president of UFCW Western States Council and UFCW Local 324, andrea.zinder@ufcw324.org. If you thought a global pandemic would be […]

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]]> 228680 Economic Dissonance https://blackvoicenews.com/2020/12/09/economic-dissonance-2/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 05:50:00 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=227299

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]]> 227299 Op Ed: California’s Corporate Pipeline Needs a Refresh https://blackvoicenews.com/2020/11/01/op-ed-californias-corporate-pipeline-needs-a-refresh/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:29:16 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=225185

Marc Morial | President, National Urban League In 1996, California banned Affirmative Action by passing Proposition 209. Since then, the business community has struggled to make inroads in diversity and […]

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